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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS La Crosse, WI

April 18, 2002Richland County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2002, 4:44 AM CDT for Richland County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2002, 4:44 AM CDT (09:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2002, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Richland County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2002-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2002-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
340 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KARX 180944
SVRLSE
WIC103-181030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
444 AM CDT THU APR 18 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 545 AM CDT

* AT 444 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES WEST OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR RICHLAND CENTER AT 450 AM CDT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 
55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
$$

BOYNE

The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 2:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXVernon64 min
Apr 18, 4:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford61 min
Apr 18, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXGrant48 min
Apr 18, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningARXGrant63 min
Apr 18, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland46 min
Apr 18, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAdams, Juneau57 min
Apr 18, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTaylor54 min
Apr 18, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJuneau, Vernon49 min
Apr 18, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTaylor42 min
Apr 18, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMonroe46 min
Apr 18, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark65 min
Apr 18, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo54 min
Apr 18, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTaylor61 min
Apr 18, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAdams, Juneau58 min
Apr 18, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTrempealeau56 min
Apr 18, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXLa Crosse88 min
Apr 18, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark53 min
Apr 18, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson, Monroe56 min
Apr 18, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJuneau78 min
Apr 18, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford60 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.